Timeline for China Airlines, safe?
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| Aug 7, 2012 at 16:04 | comment | added | Kris | +1 For the EU list. That's been my bench mark for deciding if I need to worry about an airline. | |
| Sep 2, 2011 at 4:26 | comment | added | Beaker | @Mark Oh man, I know that one. I had a delta flight USA->Tokyo a couple weeks ago. No entertainment... it was horrid. | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 15:52 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | I would assume those statistics include the times when you can jump out of a burning car, vs a plane - that's how statistics work - they include the survivals :) Far fewer head-ons in a plane. Of course I get the psychological stress of being trapped in a tube for 12 hours :) Personally I love the fact that I'm trapped for 12 hours with nothing to do but watch movies, haha | |
| Aug 25, 2011 at 15:13 | comment | added | James Gregory | Well, when I'm flying it tends to be for 12+ hours non-stop 35,000ft in the air. When I'm driving, its for an hour and I can easily pull over and get out if smoke starts billowing from the engine. Whilst statistically they may be similar, there's more chance you can manage the situation in car than in a plane (unless you're the pilot, of course). I'll take losing power to the engine(s) in a car any day over a plane :) | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 16:14 | comment | added | Mark Mayo | In that case, my point still stands - if you'd get in a car, why not a plane :D | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 14:50 | comment | added | ESultanik | If you look at the statistics in terms of probability of death per hour of travel, flying in a plane is actually about as dangerous as driving in a car. | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 7:56 | comment | added | James Gregory | Thanks for the link. I've heard about the statistics before--that flying is safer than driving in general--but are you sure about flying with a dodgy airline is safer than driving a good car? | |
| Aug 23, 2011 at 3:26 | history | answered | Mark Mayo | CC BY-SA 3.0 |